Project Manager

Job Title - Project Manager

Work Location- United States

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (May perform any or all of the following):

• Creates and executes project plans, identifies dependencies, identifies and mitigates risk, and resolves project issues in a timely fashion delivering maximum value to stakeholders.
• Assists with creation and manages contract solicitations and capacity, procurement items (requisitions, delivery orders, purchase orders, change orders), and project capital budgets (including transition to Operating and Maintenance budgets).
• Provides all required accurate status reporting and communications (weekly reports, monthly reports, project meetings, stakeholder updates, executive updates / presentations, regular project meetings / agendas, responsibilities matrices) and manages stakeholder and project team expectations.
• Effectively manages scope, schedule, resources, and budget for all assigned tasks and ensures effective change control across each aspect.
• Effectively leads and motivates project teams through the tasks of developing and executing project objectives.
• Manages vendor relationships and sets appropriate expectations on project deliverables, resources requirements, and quality for the implementation and delivery of commercial software products as needed for a project.
• Works with Business Analysts and Business Technology Partners to determine and translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Ensures compliance with internal project management methodology, including documentation, analysis, and sharing of lessons learned at the conclusion of projects.
• Validates the completion of project documentation and relevant knowledge bases.
• Provides mentoring, coaching and direction setting to team members.
• Identifies, analyzes and improves existing processes within the organization to meet new goals and objectives.
• Other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of and ability to apply methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Iterative development to projects in a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices applied in the planning, design, implementation and maintenance of software development projects
• Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects.
• Ability to plan and develop time and cost estimates for project’s activities.
• Ability to utilize an automated project management system, effectively allocating/utilizing project resources.
• Ability to consistently implement projects delivering value to stakeholders.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management to assess business requirements to plan, manage and deliver stable, reliable and cost-effective technology solutions for business problems.
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with others inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to effectively lead and motivate project teams of professional, technical, and non-technical personnel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field.
• Three (3) years of experience in an Information Technology (IT) project manager role with an emphasis on managing projects in a PMO office by aligning business requirements with IT solutions.
• Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for the above.

Desirable:

• PMP® Certification is desirable.
• Three (3) years management experience preferred.
• Experience managing on-shore, offshore, internal, and external vendor resources.
• Experience with developing and presenting business cases to executive leadership.
• Experience with preparing Capital Plans and supporting justification.
• Experience with managing multiple large scale multi-year contracts from inception to close.

ABOUT ISHIR

ISHIR is a digital innovation and enterprise AI services provider. We work with startups and enterprises to shape the future through accelerated innovation, deep technical expertise, access to global digital talent and a passion for complex problem-solving. With our help, our clients overcome their most difficult digital challenges leveraging AI.

We are not just consultants, we are partners in our clients’ success, assisting them with re(gaining) competitive edge by identifying opportunities for differentiation, industry disruption, scalable innovation, and go-to-market strategies that deliver successful outcomes.

At ISHIR, we help bold businesses accelerate innovation through Talent, Speed-to-Market, and AI. We help make an impact by solving real problems using innovation, improved customer experiences and the right technologies.

As an ISHIR employee, you will get the advanced training you need to be successful, and the opportunity to apply it. You must be passionate about technology, crave responsibility, and be eager to apply your knowledge to real business solutions for our startup and enterprise customers. These are the qualities of a person destined for success at ISHIR.

ISHIR attracts a special type of individual—someone who is proactive, thrives on challenges, feeds off success, and looks at moving targets not as obstacles but as opportunities. ISHIR is an exciting place to work. It is imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit and promotes self-reliance, open communication, and collaboration.